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authoress

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authoress [ˈɔːθəˌrɛs]
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) Now usually disparaging a female author
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.authoress - a woman authorauthoress - a woman author                      
author, writer - writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
Translations
authoress [ˈɔːθərɪs] N → autora f
authoress [ˈɔːθərɛs] n (old-fashioned) → femme f écrivain, écrivaine f
authoress
n → Schriftstellerin f
authoress [ˈɔːθərɪs] n → autrice f
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[Greek] The authoress has bungled by borrowing these words verbatim from the "Iliad", without prefixing the necessary "do not," which I have supplied.
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Blake's interference has placed her as an authoress, seems due on the ground of common justice.
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